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COURSE

Financial Wellbeing | A Pacific Islands perspective

Duration

Four-week online course

Price

$150 + GST for public courses, or contact us for organisation bookings

This interactive course introduces tools and strategies that you can share with your learners to help them make informed decisions about money, and to develop their financial planning skills.

About the course

Course outline

This course includes two online workshops, and an optional, four-week, facilitated support module. The module takes a minimum of 1-2 hours of engagement per week.

Participants will have the opportunity to practise and reflect on the new learning and exchange experiences and ideas with each other and the facilitator.

Topics covered

The course covers:

  • the influence of marketing on our spending
  • the difference between needs and wants
  • prioritising our obligations (including cultural ones)
  • why Pacific Island communities are set up differently to manage finances and activities
  • the difference between poor and broke
  • where to go for more assistance in managing  financial wellbeing.  

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • describe how Pacific communities view finance/money
  • explain the role of spirituality in finance decision making
  • recognise cultural obligations and why they are important
  • describe the principle of prioritising obligations.

Who is this course for?

This course is recommended for all educators working with or supporting Pacific learners.

About the facilitators

Pale SauniPale Sauni is a senior Pacific Samoan educator who has been delivering workshops on financial wellbeing for over 15 years. He has critical insights on how we can engage with our Pacific learning communities by and through the understanding of how money works. Pale will facilitate a discussion around how tools and strategies can unlock learning success.

Saylene UlbergSaylene Ulberg is a Pacific educator and facilitator who specialises in engaging workshop participants in understanding how to better engage with Pacific teaching and learning, and how to support Pacific learners. She has contributed to the development of the Pacific Cultural Centredness Pathway and continues to work with different audiences to share effective use of this tool.

Ako Aotearoa badges

Participants can earn Ako Aotearoa digital badges as evidence of participation and completion of course requirements.

Please read these Terms and Conditions before registering for events.

Public course dates will be listed below when available.  Or, contact us to discuss booking a course privately for your organisation.

Upcoming public workshops on this topic

Jun 17

Online

Financial Wellbeing | A Pacific Islands perspective | Commencing 17 Jun 2024

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